International News

BANGALORE, India – V&P Sound deployed a full Harman audio system including JBL VerTec line arrays, Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers and a Soundcraft Vi6 digital console at India's inaugural Summer Storm Festival. Held at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore, the festival drew thousands of heavy metal fans to hear Lamb of God and other bands.

COLOGNE, Germany – German hip hop band Fettes Brot performed before a crowd of 14,000 in the Lanxess Arena, and the concert's audio needs were met with 16 hangs per side – with no delays – of Martin Audio's MLA (Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array).

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Four years after presenting Thor, The Royal Danish Theatre (Det Kongelige Teater) is staging its fifth and biggest outdoor production so far, Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers. FOH sound engineer Jonas Vest is using a Vi6 digital console to mix the show.

LISBON, Portugal – Megadeth's FOH engineer Doug Short is including a Midas PRO6 at front of house provided on this leg by AudioLease for the band's Endgame tour in Europe.

LONDON – A DiGiCo SD7 is handling the input/output-heavy monitor requirements for Elvis: The Concert, a production that pairs former TCB bandmates and a 16-piece orchestra on stage with a projected backdrop of Elvis' performances preserved on film and video.

LONDON – Adlib supplied audio equipment and crew to the recent Flight of The Conchords U.K. tour, ensuring that "formerly New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo" – and now mega-U.S. TV phenomenon – had the very best sonic treatment for their first U.K. tour.

LONDON – The Friendly Fires' FOH engineer Richard "Bars" Barling was one of the first users to put the new Soundcraft Vi1 digital consoles through its paces at a private corporate event at a jazz venue.

LONDON – For close to 10 years, TiMax has played a role in the operas that Raymond Gubbay has staged at Royal Albert Hall. TiMax was used once again for Gubbay's recent in-the-round production of Carmen at the O2 Arena – but on a much larger scale.

ANDALO – Hollywood Service chose Proel Audio systems and Turbosound – in combination with 33 Powersoft amplifiers K series – to power the 2010 edition of the World Alpine Rockfest.

BANGOR, North Wales, U.K. – The temperatures soared to sizzling for the BBC's One Big Weekend in Vaynol Park, kicking off the 2010 Festival season in the U.K., with Adlib supplying sound for five areas of the festival and lighting for two.

SINGEN, Germany – The Civic Center ("Stadthalle") of Singen, Germany hosts musical and non-musical theater, comedy and rock concerts. Its sound system was also ready for an upgrade.

BODO, Norway – It may be north of the Arctic Circle, but the Bodo Kulturhus offers residents and visitors a performing arts center for locally-staged and touring theatrical and musical productions. The Kulturhus has recently added a Soundcraft Vi6 console to its inventory, with sale made through LydRommet, the Norwegian distributors for Soundcraft Studer, and service provided by local sound specialist Lydteamet Bodo.